History of Islamic Philosophy

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Notes on contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 22
Transliteration and style......Page 25
Introduction......Page 27
Introduction......Page 43
PART I. Religious, intellectual and cultural context......Page 56
1 The meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam......Page 57
2 The Qur’ān and Hadīth as source and inspiration of Islamic philosophy......Page 68
3 The Greek and Syriac background......Page 91
4 The Indian and Persian background......Page 112
5 Early kālam......Page 149
6 The transmission of Greek philosophy to the Islamic world......Page 180
7 Sunni kalām and theological controversies......Page 209
8 Twelve-Imām Shi’ite theological and philosophical thought......Page 233
9 Ismā’īlī philosophy......Page 276
10 Islamic humanism in the fourth/tenth century......Page 295
PART II. Early Islamic philosophers in the East......Page 307
11 Al-Kindī......Page 308
12 Al-Fārābā......Page 334
13 Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā’ al-Rāzī......Page 372
14 Al-’Amiri......Page 405
15 The Brethren of Purity (Ikhwān al-Ḷafā’)......Page 416
16 Ibn Sīnā......Page 430
17 Ibn Sīnā’s “Oriental philosophy”......Page 458
18 Ibn Miskawayh......Page 466
19 Al-Ghazzālī......Page 477
PART III. Islamic philosophers in the Western lands of Islam......Page 510
20 Ibn Masarrah......Page 511
21 Ibn Bājjah......Page 540
22 Ibn Ṭufayl......Page 573
23 Ibn Rushd......Page 602
24 Ibn Sab’īn......Page 630
25 Ibn Khaldūn......Page 637
PART IV. Philosophy and the mystical tradition......Page 662
26 Introduction to the mystical tradition......Page 663
27 ‘Ayn al-QuḊāt Hamadānī ana the intellectual climate of his times......Page 674
28 Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī: founder of the Illuminationist school......Page 777
29 The Illuminationist tradition......Page 835
30 Ibn ‘Arabī......Page 891
31 The school of Ibn ‘Arabī......Page 914
PART V. Later Islamic philosophy......Page 939
32 Khwājah Naṣīr aI-Dīn al-Ṭūsī: the philosopher/vizier and the intellectual climate of his times......Page 940
33 From al-Ṭūsī to the School of Iṣfahān......Page 1040
34 Mīr Dāmād and the founding of the “School of Iṣfahān”......Page 1061
35 Mullā Ṣadrā: His life and works......Page 1125
36 Mullā Ṣadrā: His teachings......Page 1139
37 Shah Walīullāh......Page 1175
PART VI. The Jewish philosophical tradition in the Islamic cultural world......Page 1190
38 Introduction......Page 1191
39 Jewish philosophy in the Islamic world......Page 1197
40 Saadiah Gaon al-Fayyumi......Page 1229
41 Ibn Gabirol......Page 1257
42 Judah Halevi......Page 1266
43 Maimonides......Page 1279
44 Gersonides: Levi ben Gershom......Page 1303
45 Judaism and Sufism......Page 1333
46 Jewish Averroism......Page 1356
PART VII. Philosophy and its parts......Page 1375
47 Metaphysics......Page 1376
48 Logic......Page 1409
49 Epistemology......Page 1451
50 Political philosophy......Page 1479
51 Literature......Page 1579
52 Language1......Page 1602
53 Science......Page 1656
54 Mysticism......Page 1693
55 Ethics......Page 1713
56 Aesthetics......Page 1730
57 Law......Page 1748
PART VIII. Later transmission and interpretation......Page 1782
58 Medieval Christian and Jewish Europe......Page 1783
59 Modern Western philosophy......Page 1805
60 The poetic medium: A case study......Page 1837
PART IX. Islamic philosophy in the modern Islamic world......Page 1843
61 Persia......Page 1844
62 India......Page 1870
63 Pakistan......Page 1915
64 The Arab world......Page 1925
65 Egypt......Page 1987
66 Turkey......Page 2011
67 South-east Asia......Page 2019
68 Orientalism and Islamic Philosophy......Page 2033
PART X. Interpretation of Islamic philosophy in tne West......Page 2043
69 Henry Corbin: His work and influence......Page 2044
70 Islamic philosophy in Russiaand the Soviet Union......Page 2055
71 The possibility of a philosophy of Islam......Page 2065
PART XI. Bibliography......Page 2078
72 A guide to bibliographical resources......Page 2079
General introductions to Islamic philosophy: Oliver Leaman......Page 2085
Index of Parts I and II......Page 2093